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''Heidi'' (; ) is a work of children's fiction published in 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as ''Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning'' (german: Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre) and ''Heidi: How She Used What She Learned'' (german: Heidi kann brauchen, was es gelernt hat). It is a novel about the events in the life of a 5-year-old girl in her paternal grandfather's care in the
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. It was written as a book "for children and those who love children" (as quoted from its subtitle). ''Heidi'' is one of the best-selling books ever written and is among the best-known works of
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.


Plot

Heidi is an orphaned girl initially raised by her maternal grandmother and aunt Dete in
Maienfeld Maienfeld ( rm, Maiavilla) is a municipality in the Landquart Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is a tourist destination in the Alps, both because of the local wine and because it was the setting of the story ''Heidi''. History ...
, in the
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, after the early deaths of her parents, Tobias and Adelheid (Dete's brother-in-law and sister). Shortly after the grandmother's death, Dete is offered a good job as a maid in the big city, and takes 5-year-old Heidi to her paternal grandfather's house, up the mountain from the Dörfli ('small village' in Swiss German). He has been at odds with the villagers and embittered against God for years and lives in seclusion on the alm, which has earned him the nickname 'The Alm-Uncle'. He briefly resents Heidi's arrival, but the girl's evident intelligence and cheerful yet unaffected demeanour soon earn his genuine, if reserved, love. Heidi enthusiastically befriends her new neighbours, young Peter the
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, his mother Brigitte, and his blind maternal grandmother. With each season that passes, the mountaintop inhabitants, especially Peter and the grandmother, grow more attached to Heidi, and she to them. However, the grandfather refuses to allow Heidi to attend school, and quarrels with the local pastor and schoolmaster, who try to encourage him to do so, and Heidi is illiterate as a result. Three years later, Dete returns to take Heidi to
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to be a hired lady's companion to a wealthy girl named Klara Sesemann, who is unable to walk and regarded as an
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. Klara is charmed by Heidi's simple friendliness and her descriptions of life on the Alm, and delights in all the funny mishaps brought about by Heidi's naïvety and lack of experience with city life. However, the Sesemanns' strict housekeeper,
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Rottenmeier, views the household disruptions as wanton misbehaviour, and places the free-spirited Heidi under more and more restraint. Soon, Heidi becomes terribly homesick for the Alm, and grows alarmingly pale and thin. Her one diversion is learning to read and write, motivated by Klara's grandmother, who shows her trust and affection, and encourages her to believe in God and to pray. Heidi's intractable homesickness leads to episodes of sleepwalking where she goes downstairs and opens the front door, which the household initially takes as the work of ghosts, and the family doctor recommends she be sent home as a matter of urgency before she becomes seriously ill. She returns to the mountains laden with presents for her friends, but finds one of her greatest pleasures is reading hymns to Peter's blind grandmother, who can no longer do so for herself. Her faith in God speaks to something in the Alm-Uncle, and he returns to the
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. He accompanies Heidi to church, and that winter takes accommodation in the village so that she can attend school. Heidi and Klara continue to keep in touch and exchange letters. A visit by the doctor to Heidi leads him to eagerly recommend that Klara visit Heidi, feeling assured that the mountain environment and the wholesome companionship will do her good. Klara makes the journey the next season and spends a wonderful summer with Heidi, becoming stronger on
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and fresh mountain air. But Peter, who grows jealous of Heidi's and Klara's friendship, pushes her empty wheelchair down the mountain to its destruction, although he is soon wracked with guilt about what he did and ultimately confesses to it. Without her wheelchair, Klara has no choice but to learn to walk; she attempts to do so and is gradually successful. She is not very strong, often relying on Heidi or the grandfather to stay standing and not collapse, but it marks an end to her time as a lonely, shut-in invalid. Her grandmother and father are amazed and overcome with joy to see Klara walking again. The Sesemann family promises to provide permanent care for Heidi, if there ever comes a time when her grandfather is no longer able to do so.


Characters

*Adelheid "Heidi": A joyful and free-spirited young girl who is orphaned as a toddler. She loves the beauty and fresh air of the mountains. *Grandfather: Heidi's grandfather, a cantankerous loner who lives in a hut high in the mountains. *Klara Sesemann: A lonely, frail girl who cannot walk. Spelled "Clara" in some translations. *Peter: A goat herder who lives with his mother and grandmother. *Herr Sesemann: Klara's father, a successful businessman who travels often. *The Doctor: Friend of Herr Sesemann. *Grandmama: Herr Sesemann's mother. *Adelheid: Heidi's mother died from fever soon after her husband Tobias died. Spelled "Adelaide" in some translations. *Tobias: Heidi's father who was killed when a beam fell on his head when Heidi was a baby. *Dete: Heidi's selfish and insensitive aunt. Spelled "Deta" in some translations. *Brigitte: Peter's mother who takes care of Peter and her mother. Spelled "Brigitta" in some translations. *Fräulein Rottenmeier: The strict and arrogant housekeeper at Herr Sesemann's home who antagonizes Heidi. *Sebastian: A manservant in the Sesemann household. *Tinette: A maidservant in the Sesemann household.


Translations

English: Thirteen English translations were done between 1882 and 1959, by British and American translators: Louise Brooks, Helen B. Dole, H.A. Melcon, Helene S. White, Marian Edwardes, Elisabeth P. Stork, Mabel Abbott, Philip Schuyler Allen, Shirley Watkins, M. Rosenbaum, Eileen Hall, and Joy Law. As of 2010, only the Brooks, Edwardes and Hall translations are still in print.


Adaptations


Film and television

About 25 film or television productions of the original story have been made. The ''Heidi'' films were popular far and wide, becoming a huge hit, and the Japanese animated series became iconic in several countries around the world. The only incarnation of the Japanese-produced animated TV series to reach the English language was a dubbed feature-length compilation movie using the most pivotal episodes of the television series, released on video in the United States in 1985. Although the original book describes Heidi as having dark, curly hair, she is usually portrayed as blonde. Versions of the story include: * ''Heidi'', a 1937
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which starred
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in the
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. *'' Heidi'', a 1952 film in Swiss German and German, directed by Luigi Comencini, starring Elsbeth Sigmund (filmed on location in Switzerland), and followed by a sequel, '' Heidi and Peter'', in 1955, directed by Franz Schnyder, also starring Ms. Sigmund. * ''Heidemarie S'Waisechind vo Engelberg'', 1956 film of Austria directed by Hermann Kugelstadt * ''A Gift for Heidi'' (1958), by George Templeton. *''
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'', a 1958 Indian
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-language family drama film adaptation by
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. *''Heidi'' a six-part 1959 BBC TV series starring Sara O'Connor in the title role, with Mark Dignam as her grandfather and
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as Klara. * ''Heidi'', a 1965 Austrian film, directed by
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. * ''Heidi'', a 1968
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which starred
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with
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and Michael Redgrave. This was the version that became infamous for interrupting an
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game that was broadcast the same day (November 17) on NBC. The game between the
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and the
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was cut off a few minutes before the end of the game when it looked as if the Jets were going to win. However, after the cutoff, the Raiders made a comeback and beat the Jets with TV viewers on the east coast missing the conclusion. TV channels displayed the final score (Oakland winning 43-32) during the movie, further enraging football fans. This incident led to a policy of not ending coverage of football games until after their conclusion. The game has gone down in professional football lore as "The Heidi Game" or "Heidi Bowl." * ''Heidi'' (Disneyland Storyteller Record) a 1968 old time radio–style adaptation of the story by Disneyland Records, with music by Camarata, recorded in London and starring Brenda Dunnich,
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and introducing (to American audiences) Ysanne Churchman as Heidi. *''
Heidi, Girl of the Alps is an anime television series produced by Zuiyo Eizo and is based on the novel '' Heidi's Years of Wandering and Learning'' by Johanna Spyri (1880). It was directed by Isao Takahata and features contributions by numerous other anime fi ...
'', a 1974 Japanese
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series directed by
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for Zuiyo Eizo (later,
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), dubbed into various languages. Compiled into an English- dubbed movie entitled ''The Story of Heidi''. *''Heidi'', a 1974 BBC adaptation starring Emma Blake. *''Heidi'', a 1978 26-episode Swiss/German television series, starring Katia Polletin as the protagonist, which was dubbed into various languages, including English. *''
The New Adventures of Heidi ''The New Adventures of Heidi'' is a 1978 American made-for-television musical comedy-drama film updating the Heidi character to the present time and shifting the action from Switzerland to New York City. The film was released theatrically in ...
'' (1978), directed by Ralph Senensky. *Heidi: La marveilleuse histoire d'une fille de la montagne(2 record set). Story read by actress Irène Vidy, Heidi theme song sung by Tony Schmitt. Milan Entertainment, a product of Activ-Records,
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Switzerland, 1980. (SLP 77) *''
Heidi's Song ''Heidi's Song'' is a 1982 American animated musical film produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and based on the 1881 novel ''Heidi'' by Johanna Spyri. The film was directed by Robert Taylor from a screenplay by Taylor, Joseph Barbera and Jameson ...
'', a 1982 American animated film produced by
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. *''Climb a Tall Mountain'', a Christian film from 1987 that uses the story's characters to illustrate a message about the importance of love and forgiveness, *''
Courage Mountain ''Courage Mountain'' (also known as ''Courage Mountain: Heidi's New Adventure'') is a 1990 adventure drama film and serves as a sequel to Johanna Spyri's 1881 novel ''Heidi''. It was directed by Christopher Leitch and stars Charlie Sheen, Leslie ...
'', a 1990 American adventure drama film and serves as a sequel to Johanna Spyri's novel ''Heidi'', directed by Christopher Leitch. *'' Heidi'', a two-part American television miniseries from 1993, starring
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as Heidi. Co-stars included
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as Miss Rottenmeier,
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as Grandfather and
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as Klara. * ''Heidi'', a 1995 animated film. * ''Heidi'', a 2005 animated film. * ''Heidi'', a 2005 British live-action film directed by Paul Marcus. Starring Irish child actress Emma Bolger in the title role, alongside
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and Diana Rigg. *'' Heidi 4 Paws'', a comedic 2008 adaptation featuring talking dogs with the voice of
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. *'' Heidi'', a CGI remake of the 1974 anime series developed in 2015, made by Studio 100 Animation, the same makers of '' Maya the Bee''. *'' Heidi'', a 2015 Swiss live-action film directed by Alain Gsponer. *'' Heidi, bienvenida a casa'', a 2017 telenovela from Argentina.


Theatre

A stage musical adaptation of ''Heidi'' with book and lyrics by Francois Toerien, music by Mynie Grové and additional lyrics by Esther von Waltsleben, premiered in South Africa at the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival in 2016. Directed by Toerien with musical direction by Dawid Boverhoff, the production starred Tobie Cronjé (Rottenmeier), Dawid Minnaar (Sesemann), Albert Maritz (Grandfather), Ilse Klink (Aunt Dete), Karli Heine (Heidi), Lynelle Kenned (Klara), Dean Balie (Peter), Jill Middlekop and Marlo Minnaar. Puppets for the production were created by Hansie Visagie. A stage musical adaptation of ''Heidi of the Mountain'' (music and lyrics by Claude Watt, book by Claude and Margaret Watt) was performed in Sidney, BC, Canada by Mountain Dream Productions, premiering in 2007 at the Charlie White Theatre, and has been performed again several times since then. The 2007 production starred Claude Watt (Grandfather), Margaret Watt (Rottenmeier), Rianne Craig (Heidi) and Katrina Brindle (Klara).


Computer games

There have been two Heidi computer games released for mobile devices, with the most recent being ''Heidi: Mountain Adventures''. Both games are based on the Studio 100 TV series of 2015 and are aimed at young children, with educational elements and a series of mini-games.


Heidiland

Heidiland, named after the ''Heidi'' books, is an important tourist area in Switzerland, popular especially with Japanese and Korean tourists.
Maienfeld Maienfeld ( rm, Maiavilla) is a municipality in the Landquart Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is a tourist destination in the Alps, both because of the local wine and because it was the setting of the story ''Heidi''. History ...
is the center of what is called Heidiland; one of the villages, formerly called Oberrofels, is actually renamed "Heididorf". Heidiland is located in an area called Bündner Herrschaft; it is criticized as being a "laughable, infantile cliché" and "a more vivid example of hyperreality."


Sequels

The five sequel books, ''Heidi and Her Friends'', ''
Heidi Grows Up ''Heidi Grows Up'' (''Heidi jeune fille'') also known as ''Heidi Grows Up: A Sequel to Heidi'', is a 1936 novel and sequel to Johanna Spyri's 1881 novel ''Heidi ''Heidi'' (; ) is a work of children's fiction published in 1881 by Swiss autho ...
'', ''
Heidi's Children ''Heidi's Children'' (''Heidi et ses enfants'') is a 1939 novel, the second of four sequel novels to Johanna Spyri's original ''Heidi ''Heidi'' (; ) is a work of children's fiction published in 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, original ...
'', ''Heidi grand-mère 1941'' (''Heidi as grandmother'') and ''Au Pays de Heidi 1952'' (''In Heidi's land''), were neither written nor endorsed by Spyri, but were adapted from her other works by her French translator, Charles Tritten in the 1930s, many years after she died. There are some major differences between the original ''Heidi'' and the Tritten sequels. These include; * ''Heidi'', the original story by Spyri, shows the simple life of Heidi imbued with a deep love of children and childhood. Spyri mentioned that the work was "for children and those who love children". The sequels portray Heidi in a different manner, as she grows up and gets married. * Heidi in the first book, ''Heidi'', is described as having "short, black curly hair", when she is around five to eight years of age. In ''Heidi Grows Up'', when she is fourteen, her hair is long, straight and fair. * In some English editions of ''Heidi'' the names of the goats are translated into English (Little Swan and Little Bear), while other editions use their original Swiss-German names, Schwanli and Baerli. In ''Heidi Grows Up'' only the names Schwanli and Baerli are used. In 1990, screenwriters Weaver Webb and Fred & Mark Brogger, and director Christopher Leitch, produced ''
Courage Mountain ''Courage Mountain'' (also known as ''Courage Mountain: Heidi's New Adventure'') is a 1990 adventure drama film and serves as a sequel to Johanna Spyri's 1881 novel ''Heidi''. It was directed by Christopher Leitch and stars Charlie Sheen, Leslie ...
'', starring
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and Juliette Caton as Heidi. Billed as a sequel to Spyri's story, the film is anachronistic in that it depicts Heidi as a teenager during World War I, despite the fact that the original novel (where Heidi is only five years old) was published in 1881.


Basis for ''Heidi''

In April 2010, a Swiss professorial candidate, Peter Buettner, uncovered a book written in 1830 by the German author Hermann Adam von Kamp. The 1830 story is titled "Adelaide: The Girl from the Alps" (German: ''Adelaide, das Mädchen vom Alpengebirge''). The two stories share many similarities in plot line and imagery. Spyri biographer Regine Schindler said it was entirely possible that Spyri may have been familiar with the story as she grew up in a literate household with many books.


Reception

The book has been criticised, even in its day, for its religiously conservative positions, and later for black-and-white character portrayals and an idealization of pastoral life.Kari Sønsthagen og Torben Weinreich. ''Leksikon for børnelitteratur''. Branner og Korch, 2003. In Japan, since its first Japanese translation in 1906, the book has been influential upon the general, stereotypical image of Switzerland for the Japanese, especially its tourists, many visiting the Heidi's Village park.


See also

* 2521 Heidi (an asteroid named after ''Heidi'') * Alpine people and culture * Alpine transhumance (the traditional practice of moving grazing herds in the Alps between winter valleys and summer mountain pastures) * History of the Alps *
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References


External links

(illustrated) (in German) *
''Heidi'' (in English) free downloads in multiple ebook formats

''Heidi's Land''
The official Web site (in French) for the 1980s television show with Katia Polletin (Heidi) and Stefan Arpagaus (Peter)
''Remembering Heidi: Swiss Pride at its best''
by Dr. Anton Anderssen



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